University expands its strategic partnership with Amentum

25 Apr 2025

Building on highly successful work around world-changing technologies – combining the power of academic research and industrial know-how.

Our University has expanded its collaboration with Amentum, a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, to drive advances in materials science, robotics, digitalisation, energy and social impact. 

Senior Vice President of Amentum Energy & Environment International, Andy White said: “Our relationship with the University is about advancing the future together by combining the power of academic research and industrial know-how.

“By working together, Amentum and the University have had great success in delivering impressive solutions for customers, creating opportunities for our people, and supporting research and development work at both organisations’ laboratories.

“We have now signed a new memorandum of understanding for the next phase of our collaboration, which will see us delivering ground-breaking research and developing new technologies with the potential to change the world and applying them in the industries where Amentum operates.”

For more than a decade, Amentum has collaborated with the University’s Dalton Nuclear Institute on structural integrity, corrosion, robotics and chemistry. This work has helped ensure the safe operation and life extension of the UK’s nuclear power stations and has also enhanced a scientific and technical offering which underpins Amentum’s leading role in key growth areas such as the design and development of small modular and advanced reactors.

More recently, Amentum and the UK government’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have funded the Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-lasting Environments with the University to develop advanced robotics for hazardous or hard to access environments and to research the ethical and regulatory implications for society from the proliferation of autonomous systems.

Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Professor Richard Curry said: “Our University has a proud legacy of research that transforms industries and improves lives – from initiating the computer revolution to isolating graphene. But it's what comes next that will define us. Together with Amentum, we share a bold ambition: to deliver research that is not only world-leading but world-changing.”

Director of Business Engagement and Knowledge Exchange, Dr Louise Bates added: “This partnership presents an exciting chance to push boundaries, redefine knowledge and accelerate the journey from discovery to real-world impact. By uniting our community's pioneering research with Amentum’s expertise, we can deliver positive change for society and the environment by tackling some of the greatest challenges facing the industries Amentum serves.”